Fig. 1

Difference in life expectancy within 20 years of follow-up without (left) and with (right) disease for each of the nine individual health score factors by sex. The reference groups represent the healthier behavior except for diet due to very low numbers with the highest score. *Due to interactions between age and smoking (for men both with and without disease, for women only without disease), and age and waist circumference (only for life expectancy with disease), the estimates for smoking and waist, are shown for age 65 years, whereas the other estimates are valid for the entire age span. See Supplement Tables 2-4 for relevant estimates for age 60 and 55 years.